Name: Roseicyclus mahoneyensis Rathgeber et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ho.ney.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. mahoneyensis, from Mahoney Lake, where the species was originally isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 16097; ML6; VKM B-2346

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ315682 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rathgeber C, Yurkova N, Stackebrandt E, Schumann P, Beatty JT, Yurkov V. Roseicyclus mahoneyensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic phototrophic bacterium isolated from a meromictic lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1597-1603.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2239-2241.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Roseicyclus Rathgeber et al. 2005. Publication: Rathgeber C, Yurkova N, Stackebrandt E, Schumann P, Beatty JT, Yurkov V. Roseicyclus mahoneyensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic phototrophic bacterium isolated from a meromictic lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1597-1603.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Roseicyclus Rathgeber et al. 2005

Assigned by: Rathgeber C, Yurkova N, Stackebrandt E, Schumann P, Beatty JT, Yurkov V. Roseicyclus mahoneyensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic phototrophic bacterium isolated from a meromictic lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1597-1603.

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